Same Actions, Different Results. Insanity or Genius?
This post is going to be somewhat abstract, somewhat “soapboxy”. And I don’t expect anyone to read it. Well, hopefully, at least one person will. I can’t help but comment on the trend to go down a path...
View ArticleInsert Catchy Ransomware Headline Here
Why is the internet so fascinated by ransomware? Is it because ransomware is attacking our precious data? Is it simply a threat that the average person can understand and therefore makes it newsworthy...
View ArticleEquifax Data Breach: Protect Yourself and Your Family
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Equifax.svg#filelinks Many of you have no doubt read about the Equifax data breach multiple times already. While we are all affected by breach fatigue to one extent...
View ArticleDon’t get KRACKed. Patch now.
By now, many of you may have heard the headlines regarding a vulnerability affecting, code named KRACK, that affects WiFi encryption. Why should you care? Primarily because your phone, laptops and...
View ArticleBusiness E-mail Compromise (BEC) Workshop, Theater Edition
The Public Theater, NY Earlier this week I had to opportunity to attend the Business E-mail Compromise (BEC) workshop, which is being made available in various cities around the country. Law...
View ArticleArtificial Intelligence Meets Actual Intelligence: Would you connect your...
Before you laugh at the notion and discount the idea as science fiction, you might be surprised to learn that many really smart people are trying to make this happen, and they are making real progress....
View ArticleSBU’s InfoSec Program Featured in Enterprise Security Magazine
I’m happy to share an article I wrote for Enterprise Security Magazine. It should be running in print as well in next month’s issue. Check it out! Information Security and Higher Ed: How one CISO is...
View ArticleHappy National Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2018
I’m happy to share that Stony Brook University (SBU) is once again supporting National Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2018 as a Champion. SBU will be joining a growing global effort among businesses,...
View ArticleRSA 2019: RS-YAY or RS-MEH?
It’s that time of year to read countless reviews of the RSA conference. To read the view of someone who has attended many years in a row and is greatly respected for his contributions to the...
View ArticleCybersecurity Apprentice Program: A CyberStart JumpStart
My student employment/apprentice/intern program (or whatever you want to call it) needed a jumpstart and frankly, so does the cybersecurity workforce at large. I’m not entirely sure how to begin this...
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